ZPC #13 - Plucked
NOTE: In order to track the number of downloads this will be hosted on Box.net until voting is over, rather than the U-He patch library (where it will be after voting). If this is a problem for anyone, please feel free to post, pm, send me an e-mail or anything - I'll be watching as closely as I can.
There's a strong focus on guitar or guitar-like sounds here, ranging from naturalistic to sweet/synthy to surreal. As always thanks to submitters for some great sounds!
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Zebra P.C. #13 download + voting
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- KVRAF
- 1617 posts since 11 Dec, 2008 from Minneapolis
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- Banned
- 6129 posts since 9 Oct, 2007 from an inharmonious society
I'd suggest listening to the "untouched" folder at this time, as there are some apparent problems related to some of the presets in the "Balanced" folder, that if you compare them it will become obvious.
It's possible this may be changed soon though.
It's possible this may be changed soon though.
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- KVRAF
- 1895 posts since 13 Oct, 2002
Something very strange happened when I first listened to these patches: it seemed like they all sounded somewhat the same, as if the settings of one carried over to the others, which I know should be impossible. I'm not sure if it was a Zebra problem. a host problem, or a temporary inability to distinguish reality from fantasy... Closing the host, reloading Zebra and trying the patches a second time seemed to cure whatever happened. 
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 1617 posts since 11 Dec, 2008 from Minneapolis
mcnoone wrote:I'd suggest listening to the "untouched" folder at this time
One issue was a patch where the volume balancing didn't satisfy the author - I'd always defer to the author there.
Another issue was XY pucks out of position on a patch - had some forgotten XY automation which was snapshoten by Zebra.
These settings have been changed in the set that's being hosted.
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- KVRist
- 60 posts since 27 Aug, 2006 from Minnesota
Some good stuff in here!
1. Soft Blue+ (I like it best with XY1 in upper right quadrant and XY2 in upper left)
2. Pluck Me I'm Famous (In the lower octaves, sounds like a great blues upright. There is some sort of weird latency issue for me though.)
3. Something Plucked+ (I like the range of tones you can get from the four pads.)
I noticed only one of the patches omitted a comb filter (Something Plucked+). I'll have to explore the various comb setups in detail later.
1. Soft Blue+ (I like it best with XY1 in upper right quadrant and XY2 in upper left)
2. Pluck Me I'm Famous (In the lower octaves, sounds like a great blues upright. There is some sort of weird latency issue for me though.)
3. Something Plucked+ (I like the range of tones you can get from the four pads.)
I noticed only one of the patches omitted a comb filter (Something Plucked+). I'll have to explore the various comb setups in detail later.
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- KVRist
- 79 posts since 28 Jul, 2009
1) Something Plucked+ - Unique and familiar at the same time. Reminds me of a lost ancient instrument that probably never was but should have been.
2) Pluck Me I'm Famous - Subtle and rich. A pleasing pluck indeed.
3) Feeder+ - Starts simple and then moves into an unexpected weirdness. Fiddling with the X/Y pads brings even more oddity.
2) Pluck Me I'm Famous - Subtle and rich. A pleasing pluck indeed.
3) Feeder+ - Starts simple and then moves into an unexpected weirdness. Fiddling with the X/Y pads brings even more oddity.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 1617 posts since 11 Dec, 2008 from Minneapolis
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- KVRAF
- 4141 posts since 11 Aug, 2006 from Texas
1. Something Plucked - liked that it didn't try to emulate something obvious
2. Gloom Guitar - those XY pads can do some crazy awesome things!
3. Soft Blue - just a nice warm sound made me smile.
2. Gloom Guitar - those XY pads can do some crazy awesome things!
3. Soft Blue - just a nice warm sound made me smile.
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- Banned
- 6129 posts since 9 Oct, 2007 from an inharmonious society
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 1617 posts since 11 Dec, 2008 from Minneapolis
The Wiener Schnitzel:
1st - Soft Blue (mcnoone, 13)
2nd - Pluck Me, I'm Famous (versianova, 12)
3rd - Something Plucked (mcnoone, 8 )
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In addition to the winners, we have much gratitude for submissions from these folks:
Metajack: Feeder ( 2 ), Gloom Guitar ( 6 )
Breeze: Surreal Guitarz ( 7 )
Riffwalk: Pluck Up, Sit and Spin ( 3 )
Upcoming: to be decided soon
1st - Soft Blue (mcnoone, 13)
2nd - Pluck Me, I'm Famous (versianova, 12)
3rd - Something Plucked (mcnoone, 8 )
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In addition to the winners, we have much gratitude for submissions from these folks:
Metajack: Feeder ( 2 ), Gloom Guitar ( 6 )
Breeze: Surreal Guitarz ( 7 )
Riffwalk: Pluck Up, Sit and Spin ( 3 )
Upcoming: to be decided soon
Last edited by xh3rv on Thu Sep 23, 2010 1:08 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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- KVRAF
- 2930 posts since 29 May, 2009 from New Zealand
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- KVRian
- 500 posts since 13 May, 2003 from Mostly in NSW Central Tablelands, Australia
Awesome! I didn't even enter this time and possibly got more votes than usual.xh3rv wrote:In addition to the winners, we have much gratitude for submissions from these folks:
Blurk: Feeder ( 2 ), Gloom Guitar ( 6 )
(It looks like these are misattributed.)
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- KVRAF
- 1895 posts since 13 Oct, 2002
Congrats to all!
I joined this contest because it's a creative way of exploring Zebra's capabilities which I don't always have time to do in my regular work. In fact I've learned more about Zebra in the last two ZPC's than I have in the last year of ownership, including lots of stuff not in the manual...
Another really cool thing is that I get to see how other people approach similar contexts, which also demonstrates Zebra's flexibility. It's sad there aren't more people involved in this but I guess there aren't that many people interested in raw sound design since there are enough preset providers to satisfy most needs. Were the past ZPC's more popular?
As for future ZPC's, I personally like the idea of focusing on a particular aspect of Zebra. This last "Pluck/Comb" was a real eye opener and I discovered a few tricks along the way that didn't make it to my submission. In fact I feel I just scratched the surface of what's possible with that. It might be interesting to have ZPC's that force contestants to find creative ways of using a limited subset of modules, although focusing by sound type has its merits as well.
A big thanks to xh3rv for managing this contest. Again, I wish it were more popular because there's a lot to be gained by it for all involved.
I joined this contest because it's a creative way of exploring Zebra's capabilities which I don't always have time to do in my regular work. In fact I've learned more about Zebra in the last two ZPC's than I have in the last year of ownership, including lots of stuff not in the manual...
Another really cool thing is that I get to see how other people approach similar contexts, which also demonstrates Zebra's flexibility. It's sad there aren't more people involved in this but I guess there aren't that many people interested in raw sound design since there are enough preset providers to satisfy most needs. Were the past ZPC's more popular?
As for future ZPC's, I personally like the idea of focusing on a particular aspect of Zebra. This last "Pluck/Comb" was a real eye opener and I discovered a few tricks along the way that didn't make it to my submission. In fact I feel I just scratched the surface of what's possible with that. It might be interesting to have ZPC's that force contestants to find creative ways of using a limited subset of modules, although focusing by sound type has its merits as well.
A big thanks to xh3rv for managing this contest. Again, I wish it were more popular because there's a lot to be gained by it for all involved.